Available for the 25-26 training year
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) elective is designed to provide trainees with an introduction to a parent-child dyadic intervention model for children and their families in efforts to improve the quality of parent-child relationships and to teach parenting skills necessary to manage behavioral challenges. Trainees will have opportunities to learn modulated behavioral intervention strategies for children who have experienced maltreatment, parent-child separation or challenges related to attention, neurodevelopmental, and/or behavioral issues, and trauma. PCIT will be delivered virtually and in person in clinic, community and home settings to help families generalize their skills across locations. The trainee will be taught via both observation and direct application of evidence-based practices regarding parent-child relationship enhancement strategies and compliance improvement skills using a co-therapy model.
DAY, TIME AND LOCATION:
Time: Fridays
- Didactics: 10am-11am Friday
- Case Conference: 11:00-11:30am Friday
- Clinic: 10am-3pm Friday (with flexibility to see patients outside of clinic hours on M-Th alongside of PCIT supervisor)
Location: Semel Institute, Floor A
For more information, contact starclinic@mednet.ucla.edu or coordinator, Autumn Campbell afcampbell@mednet.ucla.edu / 310-825-7573
HOURS PER WEEK: 5
DURATION OF ELECTIVE: 6 months
FACULTY AND STAFF:
Nicole Hisaka, Psy.D.
Nicole McDonald Ph.D.
Blanca Orellana Ph.D.
Catherine Mogil Psy.D.
TRAINING PROVIDED:
The specific goals for trainees are to develop proficiency in the assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment for children with behavioral challenges, ages 2-7, and their families within a parent-child dyadic framework. To achieve this, trainees will be exposed to experts who will present on diagnostic, research, and modulated intervention strategies and issues relevant to parent-child relationships and behavioral management. Additionally, trainees will have opportunities to learn effective strategies to strengthen parent-child dyads and omit severe behavioral challenges to children and families with trauma histories, neurodevelopmental and behavioral disorders, and parent-child relationship disruptions. In addition, it is expected that, with the supervision of the clinic team, participants will evaluate, diagnose, and provide treatment recommendations to families and children.
Interns completing the PCIT elective commit to at least 5 hours per week on Friday between 10am–2pm and must attend PCIT didactics on Friday between 1:00-2:00pm. Interns doing an elective are expected to carry 1-2 cases throughout their rotation. Individual supervision is provided during or outside of clinic hours for 30 minutes of individual supervision/week. The elective is a 6-month commitment. A mini elective can be coordinated that provides exposure to PCIT through attendance at Friday didactics and observing at least one session.
DIVERSITY TRAINING:
Our faculty are committed to promoting a culture of inclusion and appreciation for diversity. We strive to support trainees across all areas of diversity including (but not limited to) race/ethnicity, gender, religion, gender identity, language, and socioeconomic status in order to expand cultural awareness and sensitivity, as well as to enrich the services we provide to the increasingly diverse populations at UCLA. Training is woven into various aspects of the training experience. Opportunities will be available to attend didactics, conferences, and seminars that host experts/speakers in the area of parent-child relationships, behavioral management, and child and family trauma to discuss important topics related to the field, including prevention and intervention, diversity, cultural awareness and sensitivity, as well as best practices working with diverse populations (e.g. LGBTQIA+ families, foster/adoptive families, and underserved/underinsured populations). Trainees are encouraged to engage in reflective conversations about their cultural identity, personal biases, attitudes and values, in both, individual and group supervision, as well as during multidisciplinary team case conferences. In addition, cultural exploration is encouraged in all aspects of case conceptualization to determine how cultural aspects may play a role in symptom presentation, parental reactions, child behavioral responses, parent-child dynamics, as well as how to incorporate these important factors into diagnosis, assessment and treatment. Trainees are exposed to reading materials and training in working with interpreters, in order to meet the linguistic needs of patients.
SUPERVISION PROVIDED:
Method of Supervision: Direct Observation and Case Presentation
Format: Individual and Group
Hours Per Week: .5 hours individual (as need basis) and .5 hours Case Conference
Names of Supervisor(s): Nicole Hisaka, Psy.D.; Nicole McDonald, Ph.D.; Blanca Orellana, Ph.D.; Catherine Mogil, Psy.D